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The Poetess Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain

The Poetess Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain

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Shiba Kokan

Artist
Shiba Kokan
(Japanese, 1747 - 1818)
Title
The Poetess Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain
Date
ca. 1770
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
285 x 216 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.733
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

Collection of Mrs. J. Harriot Goodell (New Haven, CT); 1916, purchased by Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Bun You Associates. "Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection Ukiyo-e Masterpieces." Toky: Bun You Associates, 1999.
  • Osumi, Takeshige ed. "Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection Ukiyo-e Masterpieces." Tokyo: Bun You Associates, 1999.

  • Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/13/1999–6/30/2000
  • Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints : A Preview, The: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/12/1981–5/17/1981

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